D86 Administrative Reorganization Being Considered

The District 86 Board of Education will discuss Monday night a new central-office structure that would create a chief financial controller role that would report both to the superintendent and school board, according to a memo from Superintendent Bruce Law included in the meeting's agenda packet.

Central office administrators who would report directly to Law would be the chief academic officer and the chief financial controller. 

Under the chief financial controller would be the heads of human resources, fiscal services, and financial controls. 

"The financial area has a strong controllership focus," Law's memo reads. "Including human resources as part of the business operations greatly increases the opportunity to align those two functions. This alignment is extremely important if we are to improve our service to teachers and staff and to control costs."

The chief academic officer would have two directors under him or her—the director of special education and the director of student services.

"We are in the first year of independently offering special education services to our students, and I believe it will best serve students to allow one person to focus on special education and all the new managerial tasks that come with being the sole provider of special education," Law's memo reads.

The chief financial controller would also report directly to the board, according to Law's chart. The chief academic officer would not.

The new organizational chart also includes a spot for a director of communications who would report straight to the superintendent.